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Batch History

In order to keep my sanity, I needed an easy way for me to keep track of the batches that I brewed.

Why? It’s nice to be able to reference the number of beers I’ve brewed, and see at a glance what I thought of each of these beers.

Since I’m also running this site, I thought why not track those batches as part of this blog. It’s a win / win… I maintain the list, and share it with my readers.

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Next Up: Kolsch, Blonde, American Wheat???

Batches

Batch Beer Style Process Rating Notes
1 Cherry Wheat American Wheat Ale Extract Not bad for my first beer. Artificial cherry flavoring has to go.
2 Mixed Grain Cream Ale Cream Ale Extract While drinkable, got some bad information from the LHBS on adding mixed grains for flavor. Would not do that again.
3 Blue Moon Clone American Wheat Ale Extract A good beer that tasted pretty close to a Blue Moon. First time I kegged.
4 Mango Wheat American Wheat Ale Partial Mash ZERO A disaster. Not really sure what happened, but this one was dumped.
5 Great Pumpkin Special American Brown Ale All Grain My first all grain. Used a pre-made recipe from my LHBS and turned out pretty good.
6 Centennial Blonde Ale Blonde Ale All Grain Favorite beer to date. All in all, a great crushable beer.
7 Cascade Pale Ale American Pale Ale BrewGround N/A Playing around with Cascade hops.
8 Brulospher Best Blonde Ale Blonde Ale All Grain A pretty decent Blonde Ale, but I prefer batch #6.
9 Amarillo Wheat Ale American Wheat Ale All Grain A single hopped Wheat that was pretty tasty. Would add some additional hops next time for more character.
10 Kirkland Cider Cider N/A My first cider, and not a bad one at that.
11 Citradelic Pale Ale American Pale Ale BrewGround N/A A Citra hops BrewGround.
12 Munich Helles Munich Helles All Grain Oh man, did I like this beer. Would brew again and play around with different hop combinations.
13 Mystical Pale Ale American Pale Ale BrewGround N/A This is what you get with you have no idea what you hopped your beer with. It was meant to be something else.
14 El Dorado Pale Ale American Pale Ale BrewGround N/A An extract beer using a 15 min boil to showcase El Dorado hops.
15 May The Kolsch Be With You Kolsch Style All Grain A bit too malty and missing the classic Kolsch taste, but overall not a bad beer. Tweaks will be needed to get me to that Kolsch I love.
16 Belgian Blonde Belgian Blonde Ale All Grain Not a huge Belgian beer fan, but this one's pretty good. Tasting notes of cherry and plum.
17Lakes Of Milford Lager Pilsner / Lager All Grain A warm fermented lager that's pretty damn tasty. Will make a few tweaks to add some bitterness.
18 Castennial Blonde Blonde Ale Extract A slightly different take on the Centennial Blonde (Batch #6). Blew it with the hops addition and turned out way too bitter.
19May The Kolsch Be With You (v2) Kolsch Style All Grain Tweaks to Batch #15 grain bill and using a different yeast strain. Nailed it!
20 Blonde Ale Blonde Ale All Grain First batch on the new setup. Very crushable beer with a nice malt taste. Could use a touch more hops and may tweak the grain bill slightly. Could be my go to blonde recipe.
21 Vienna Lager Vienna Lager All Grain A bit too much Pale Chocolate Malt, but otherwise a very good beer. Needs a bit of tweaking to get it right.
22mOktoberfest Marzen All Grain A solid lager, very crisp and tasty. Missed the mark a bit on the malt profile for the style.
23 2-Row Comparison Pale Ale BrewGround N/A Comparing Pale vs Pale Ale Malt (2 separate brews)
24 Tropic Thunder Pale Ale Pale Ale All Grain A Pale Ale bordering on a IPA using 3 different tropical hops. Not bad but needs a bit of tweaking to get it right.
25 Maris Otter SMaSH Pale Ale BrewGround N/A Comparing Maris Otter to other 2 Row varieties and using Nelson Sauvin hops
26Not So Hoppy German Pilz German Pilsner All Grain Amazing. Not too malty or hoppy, a great rendition of a German Pilz.
27 Hoppy Pilz German Pilsner All Grain A more hoppy version of Batch #26 (not quite as good).
28 May The Kolsch Be With You (v3) Kolsch All Grain Tweaks to Batch #19 mainly with fermentation temp. Cooler temp = less esters, and it's spot on.
29Oberon Clone American Wheat All Grain Straight from Bells. Missed my numbers and impacted body. Need to ferment a bit warmer as missing the Oberon esters, but overall not a bad beer.
30 Dole Whip Cream Ale Cream Ale All Grain A slight variation to a Cream Ale with the addition of Pineapple and Orange puree. Didn't really work out as planned. Orange left a harsh bitter taste, not to my liking.
31Mecca Grade Blonde Again Blonde Ale All Grain Small tweaks to Batch #20 using Mecca Grade Estate malt. Great beer that brings out the craft malt, well balanced by the hops.
32 Lazy Hazy IPA NEIPA All Grain My first NEIPA. A session beer for the summer. Came out pretty good, but may do some minor tweaks to the grain bill.
33 Bob Light (Pilot) American Lager BrewGround N/A A pilot batch using Flaked Rice and Flaked Maize. What happens when you ferment American Lager yeast a little on the warm side?
34 Vienna Lager Vienna Lager All Grain Revisions to Batch #21. Much better than the previous batch. May want to up the Vienna malt a bit more.
35 Apple Pie Cider Cider N/A A cider created from a cider, with hints of apple pie.
36 Chocolate Bourbon Stout American Stout All Grain What I was hoping to get was a full bodied stout with hints of bourbon, what I got was a very thin beer that was heavy on the bourbon.
37Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Clone Pale Ale Extract Going back to basics with an extract brew to see how it compares to my all-grain batches. This wasn't too bad.
38 Helles Belles Munich Helles All Grain Different beer from batch #12. Malt forward as expected and pretty darn tasty. Could probably use a touch more bitterness.
39 May The Schwarzbier With You Schwarzbier All Grain Not too bad for my first cut at this style. Very crisp and easy drinking, but lacking malt character.
40May The Schwarzbier With You Deux Schwarzbier All Grain TBD 2021 NHC Entry. Improvements to batch #39. Kegged and lagering...

 

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